OSX apps on PPC linux?

MadSkillzMan · MadSkillzMan #1 (**permalink**)

06-06-2005, 05:03 PM

is it possible? I kinda miss linux. But since osx is BSD based, seems to me somewhere out there someone must have figured a way to run the great apps on linux.

technologist · technologist #2 (**permalink**)

06-06-2005, 08:27 PM

http://www.maconlinux.org/

MadSkillzMan · MadSkillzMan #3 (**permalink**)

06-06-2005, 08:32 PM

ive seen this, i was kinda hoping more of a native support. Kinda like how wine runs the windows apps right on top of linux

technologist · technologist #4 (**permalink**)

06-06-2005, 10:18 PM

Then no.

OS X has a huge number of APIs and libraries with no equivalent elsewhere. OS X is not just BSD; there's the Cocoa/NextStep objects, the Quartz graphics, and services like QuickTime, and CoreAudio that many apps depend on. Reverse-engineering all of them would be a monumental task, basically like re-developing OS X.

It's much easier to go the other way around, running XWindows apps on OS X. Quite a few have been ported.

MadSkillzMan · MadSkillzMan #5 (**permalink**)

06-06-2005, 11:31 PM

darm. i really wanted to play with final cut pro in gentoo

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #6 (**permalink**)

06-07-2005, 01:18 AM

I can't imagine that FCP would even be worth running on linux even if somehow your could... especially the new versions which rely so much quartz and GPU based rendering. My understanding is that graphic stuff is terrible on linux.

MadSkillzMan · MadSkillzMan #7 (**permalink**)

06-07-2005, 04:20 AM

it is, i was hoping there was no emulation. thats just why i asked

MadSkillzMan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 11, 2005 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 398 Mac Specs: Dual G5 powermac	06-06-2005, 05:03 PM is it possible? I kinda miss linux. But since osx is BSD based, seems to me somewhere out there someone must have figured a way to run the great apps on linux. new vid 8/8/05
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Member Since: Apr 11, 2005 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 398 Mac Specs: Dual G5 powermac	06-06-2005, 11:31 PM darm. i really wanted to play with final cut pro in gentoo new vid 8/8/05
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Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	06-07-2005, 01:18 AM I can't imagine that FCP would even be worth running on linux even if somehow your could... especially the new versions which rely so much quartz and GPU based rendering. My understanding is that graphic stuff is terrible on linux. "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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MadSkillzMan #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 11, 2005 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 398 Mac Specs: Dual G5 powermac	06-07-2005, 04:20 AM it is, i was hoping there was no emulation. thats just why i asked new vid 8/8/05
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Member Since: Mar 30, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,744 Mac Specs: 12" Apple PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz)	06-06-2005, 10:18 PM Then no. OS X has a huge number of APIs and libraries with no equivalent elsewhere. OS X is not just BSD; there's the Cocoa/NextStep objects, the Quartz graphics, and services like QuickTime, and CoreAudio that many apps depend on. Reverse-engineering all of them would be a monumental task, basically like re-developing OS X. It's much easier to go the other way around, running XWindows apps on OS X. Quite a few have been ported.
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